FIRE ✓

@TheFIREorg · Philadelphia and Washington · joined 03 Dec 2008

We defend and promote free speech for all Americans in our courtrooms, on our campuses, and in our culture.

224 245Followers

2 679Following

27 100Posts total

201.2KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. shown to more people than peers of the same size.

Median views18 286this account12 273median for 100K–1M

Reach, %8.15%this account3.89%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %1.06%this account1.25%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	18 286	12 273	1.49×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	8.15%	3.89%	2.10×
Engagement rate	1.06%	1.25%	0.85×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

9.7K3 Dec

149.6K29 Aug

18.3K2 Sep

19.3K3 Sep

2.2K

Last 6 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

1.23%3 Dec

1.13%29 Aug

1.06%2 Sep

1.68%3 Sep

0.59%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.25%.

What the audience does

Likes73.6%1 810 in total

Reposts13.5%332 in total

Replies5.7%141 in total

Quotes2.7%67 in total

Bookmarks4.4%109 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

Latest posts

The University of Alabama shut down two student magazines and now a federal court will decide whether student journalism at public universities is “government speech.” FIRE joined an @SPLC-led coalition urging the court to protect student editorial control. 🧵 https://t.co/iEJhC2 2K views · 11 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 03 Sep 2026 Which colleges are the best (and worst) for free speech? Our webinar on Wednesday, Sept. 10, will answer that question live! Next week, our 2027 College Free Speech Rankings will be released, and the results offer a revealing look at the state of campus expression today. ⬇️ http 2.2K views · 8 likes · 3 reposts · 2 replies 03 Sep 2026 VICTORY! After a FIRE lawsuit, the University of Washington paid $600,000 after punishing Professor Stuart Reges for parodying a university-approved “land acknowledgment” in his syllabus. 🧵 https://t.co/0q63E9Nfx5 19.3K views · 271 likes · 41 reposts · 6 replies 03 Sep 2026 Politicians are condemning this AI-generated campaign ad. Who could’ve seen this coming? FIRE’s @FreeSpeech_AI did. In February, John Coleman warned in the @nypost that once AI-generated political memes became campaign content, politicians would be tempted to police the ones 18.3K views · 137 likes · 32 reposts · 17 replies 02 Sep 2026 FIRE lawsuit victory! A federal court just ruled that the statutes the Trump administration is using to deport lawfully present noncitizens for their speech are UNCONSTITUTIONAL. 149.6K views · 1.3K likes · 232 reposts · 104 replies 29 Aug 2026 The University of Alabama’s suspension of student-run magazines Alice and Nineteen Fifty-Six is a blow to student press freedom. These publications have the First Amendment right to be free of viewpoint-based discrimination, yet UA is explicitly citing their viewpoints to justify 9.7K views · 81 likes · 24 reposts · 11 replies 03 Dec 2025 LAWSUIT: The University of Washington recommended Stuart Reges include a land acknowledgment in his computer science syllabus. So, he wrote one — but the university punished him for it. Today, with help from FIRE, Reges sued UW to vindicate his #1A right to free expression. ht 0 views · 207 likes · 34 reposts · 6 replies 13 Jul 2022